What is Vertical Search?
Vertical Search covers a wide range including industry specific search engines. HelpWithDotNet is a search engine optimized to help .NET developers and architects. Several studies have found a horizontal search engine can quite frustrating for several reasons: – The query is rarely understood in the context of the Vertical. – There is 10% chance of finding exactly what you want. – Irrelevant results can easily side track from focusing on the task in hand. – When the correct result is returned more than 50% of the developers believe the result does not exist rather then believing the search was not conducted correctly. – There is a 35% chance you will make a development or design decision without having the correct information in hand. Vertical Search Engines such as HelpWithDotNet address the above problems.
